Jhikargachha ( bn, ঝিকরগাছা) is an
upazila
An ''upazila'' ( bn, উপজেলা, upôzela, lit=sub-district pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative region in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a ...
of
Jessore District
Jessore District (Bengali: যশোর, pronounced Jaw-shore, Anglicised: Jessore), officially spelled Jashore District from April 2018, is a district in the southwestern region of Bangladesh. It is bordered by India to the west, Khulna Distr ...
in the Division of
Khulna
Khulna ( bn, খুলনা, ) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative centre of Khulna District and Khulna Division. Khulna's economy is the third-largest in Bangladesh, contributing $53 b ...
,
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
.
Demographics
According to the
2011 Bangladesh census
In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh, which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census. Data were reco ...
, Jhikargachha had a population of 298,908. Males constituted 49.22% of the population and females 50.78%. Muslims formed 94.26% of the population, Hindus 4.82%, Christians 0.89% and others 0.03%. Jhikargachha had a literacy rate of 53.02% for the population 7 years and above.
At the
1991 Bangladesh census
In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age ...
, Jhikargachha had a population of 235,882. Males constituted 51.24% of the population and females 48.76%. The population aged 18 or older is 119,652. Jhikargachha has an average literacy rate of 27.9% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 32.4%.
Administration
Jhikargacha thana was turned into an upazila in 1983.
Jhikargacha Upazila is divided into Jhikargacha Municipality and 11
union parishad
Union council ( bn, ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ, translit=iūniyan pariṣad, translit-std=IAST), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit ...
s: Bankra, Ganganandapur, Gadkhali, Hajirbagh, Jhikargachha, Magura, Nabharan, Nibaskhola, Panisara, Shankarpur, and Shimula. The union parishads are subdivided into 164 mauzas and 174 villages.
Jhikargacha Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 15
mahalla
is an Arabic word variously translated as district, quarter, ward, or "neighborhood" in many parts of the Arab world, the Balkans, Western Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and nearby nations.
History
Historically, mahallas were autonomous social ins ...
s.
Education
According to
Banglapedia
''Banglapedia:'' ''the'' ''National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh'' is the first Bangladeshi encyclopedia. It is available in print, CD-ROM format and online, in both Bengali and English. The print version comprises fourteen 500-page volumes. The f ...
, Jhikargacha B. M. High School, founded in 1936, Ganganandapur High School (1940), Jhikargachha Pilot Girls High School (1953),
Jhikargacha M. L. High School (1888), and Raghunath Nagar Secondary School (1922) are notable secondary schools.
See also
*
Upazilas of Bangladesh
An ''upazila'' ( bn, উপজেলা, upôzela, lit=sub-district pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative region in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a ...
*
Districts of Bangladesh
*
Divisions of Bangladesh
References
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Upazilas of Jessore District
Jashore District
Khulna Division